Hygienic

  • 1Hygienic — Hy gi*en ic, a. [Cf. F. hygi[ e]nique.] Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2hygienic — index preventive, salutary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3hygienic — 1833, from Fr. hygiénique, from hygiène; see HYGIENE (Cf. hygiene). The earlier adjective was hygienal (1660s) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4hygienic — sanitary, *healthful, healthy, wholesome, salubrious, salutary …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 5hygienic — [adj] clean aseptic, disinfected, germfree, good, healthful, healthy, pure, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, sanitary, sterile, uncontaminated, uninfected, wholesome; concept 621 Ant. contaminated, dirty, diseased, filthy, foul, infected,… …

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  • 6hygienic — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ promoting or conducive to hygiene; sanitary. DERIVATIVES hygienically adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7hygienic — [hī jen′ik, hījēn′ik; ] occas. [ hī΄jē en′ik] adj. 1. of hygiene or health 2. promoting health; healthful; sanitary hygienically adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 8hygienic — adjective Date: 1833 1. a. of or relating to hygiene b. having or showing good hygiene < hygienic conditions > 2. a. antiseptic 3c < sweetly hygienic production…comic in an entirely innocuous way J. W. Aldridge > b. antiseptic 4 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9hygienic — [[t]haɪʤi͟ːnɪk, AM ha͟ɪʤie̱nɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is hygienic is clean and unlikely to cause illness. ...a white, clinical looking kitchen that was easy to keep clean and hygienic …

    English dictionary

  • 10hygienic — adjective clean and likely to prevent bacteria, infections, or disease from spreading: food processed in hygienic conditions | That s not very hygienic. hygienically / kli/ adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English